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That's the kinds of GPA one gets after collecting a series of Ws and Fs.
Not easy on the eyes, I tell you.
Some background info:
After high school (3.5 GPA, 1360 SAT I), enrolled in the local community college, proceeded to bomb spectacularly. Thinking I could start over with a 'clean slate'(little did I know), I went to another community college an hour away, bombed spectacularly, again. Now, I could go on and on about the factors, circumstances, and allat good stuff, but it would be irrelevant. At the end of the day, all that matters is what you've done. I'll save all the 'hardships overcome' stories for my kids. Currently, thanks to my strong high school record, I got accepted into a university in another state, start this fall. I haven't reported any prior college attendance, which makes me a freshman 3rd time over. I'm not looking for shortcuts. And I'm willing to do 'my time'. I'm not, however, willing to let bureucratic red-tape wreck my application.
Motivation? Done & Done. Its gametime and I'm finna to play. Aptitude & Ability? I know I can hack it, it being undergrad and the application process. Research ? Looked into all my options, tentatively ruling out foreign medical schools and post-bac/SMP. Tentatively.
But I'm hitting a roadblock good SDNers.
AMCAS in its glorious wisdom has decreed that all grades from all college-level classes will be calculated towards the final GPA medical schools receive. Which means even if I go on a string of unbroken A's from here to post-bac and back, I'll still end up with something like a 1.99 GPA, thanks to those 4 character-building semesters. If, that is, I report it.
The question: How do I fix/amend/rectify/surgically amputate that beauty of a GPA so that I still have a chance, reasonable enough chance, to compete for a US medical school spot?
I'm 23, if it matters. Thanking SDNers and the non-trad section, your posts/resources were invaluable in conducting my research.
Not easy on the eyes, I tell you.
Some background info:
After high school (3.5 GPA, 1360 SAT I), enrolled in the local community college, proceeded to bomb spectacularly. Thinking I could start over with a 'clean slate'(little did I know), I went to another community college an hour away, bombed spectacularly, again. Now, I could go on and on about the factors, circumstances, and allat good stuff, but it would be irrelevant. At the end of the day, all that matters is what you've done. I'll save all the 'hardships overcome' stories for my kids. Currently, thanks to my strong high school record, I got accepted into a university in another state, start this fall. I haven't reported any prior college attendance, which makes me a freshman 3rd time over. I'm not looking for shortcuts. And I'm willing to do 'my time'. I'm not, however, willing to let bureucratic red-tape wreck my application.
Motivation? Done & Done. Its gametime and I'm finna to play. Aptitude & Ability? I know I can hack it, it being undergrad and the application process. Research ? Looked into all my options, tentatively ruling out foreign medical schools and post-bac/SMP. Tentatively.
But I'm hitting a roadblock good SDNers.
AMCAS in its glorious wisdom has decreed that all grades from all college-level classes will be calculated towards the final GPA medical schools receive. Which means even if I go on a string of unbroken A's from here to post-bac and back, I'll still end up with something like a 1.99 GPA, thanks to those 4 character-building semesters. If, that is, I report it.
The question: How do I fix/amend/rectify/surgically amputate that beauty of a GPA so that I still have a chance, reasonable enough chance, to compete for a US medical school spot?
I'm 23, if it matters. Thanking SDNers and the non-trad section, your posts/resources were invaluable in conducting my research.